7.2 on the Richter scale.

Before some muppets start bemoaning the death of the Secular State, this happened at the induction ceremony of Tejas into the IAF.

Secularism is TOTAL separation of Religion and State. Our Constitution is Plural NOT Secular. I lament it but I accept it. And so should you.

You want the govt to not partake in Hindu practices but are fine with it receiving BILLIONS through the control of 104,000 Hindu temples.

If one truly believes that Religion should keep out of State, the corollary is equally applicable: that State should keep out of Religion.

Govts of five southern States control 90,700 temples; TN Temple Trusts own 478,000 acres of land. Tamil Nadu State govt alone controls 36,425 temples and 56 mutts ( http://www.tnhrce.org/pdf/HRCE_ACT_1959_INDEX.pdf). BILLIONS in revenue.

Is this Secularism? RETURN this money before you cry Saffronisation.

With respect, I would have agreed to point number one every single time, except for the fact that the Indian State controls more than 100,000 temples and snatches billions off them. Return the money back to the temples first.

Agree on point number two. https://twitter.com/swapan55/status/1193443539603972096?s=19

If one truly believes that Religion should keep out of State, the corollary is equally applicable: that State should keep out of Religion.

REMOVE State control of Hindu temples. My view on @TimesNow.

While the same government demands that Hindu temples contribute ten crore to the Chief Minister's Coronavirus Relief Fund. Indian Secularism in its full glory. https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/tamil-nadu-government-gives-free-rice-to-mosques-in-state-gets-slammed-for-asking-temples-to-donate-to-cms-covid-19-fund

The Congress demanding temple gold is akin to modern day pillaging of Hindu temples. No wonder they admire Aurangzeb so much.

My views on @TimesNow with @RShivshankar. #CongEyesTempleGold

With DEVASTATING clarity, the ever brilliant @jsaideepak explains here the INSANE discrimination meted out to Hindu temples in the name of Secularism.

With every word you hear, you are left thinking: How can this happen in a Democracy. How?

BLOOD BOILS.

The decision to auction temple properties is an assault on Hindu temples. Sadly, such assaults have the approval of all four pillars of our State. And that includes the Judiciary.

My views on @TimesNow with @RShivshankar. #TirumalaTempleTargeted

Overriding the SC verdict of 1954, if the Congress can bring in a legislation to control Hindu temples in 1959, one that still stands, why couldn't the BJP bring in a legislation to override it in the last 6 years?

My views on @TimesNow. #ReclaimHinduTemples

Priests of one of the most revered Hindu shrines, the Kedarnath, BARRED from protesting its DICTATORIAL takeover by @BJP4India govt.

The looting and pillaging of Hindu temples continues. How is the BJP any different from the Congress?

It isn't. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/protests-banned-within-200-m-of-kedarnath-shrine-won-t-budge-say-priests/story-b5Ia1pt40Fpr87YCvPWmpL.html

RETURN (with interest) the money you have leeched off 100,000 Hindu temples by taxing and controlling them, before you outrage on the State providing security and infrastructure support during Kumbh.

My views on @TimesNow with @navikakumar. #CongVsKumbh

The Modi govt has asked all States to consider posting Muslim police personnel in police stations, and Muslim health personnel & teachers in hospitals & schools, in areas with high Muslim concentration.

This is secularism gone berserk. (h/t @savitha_rao) https://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/sites/default/files/MINORITY%20AFFAIRS%20AR%202019-20%20-%20ENGLISH.pdf